Wire-fence barb



(No Model.)

FL-W. BRAINERD.

WIRE FENCE .BARB.

' No 264,436. Patented Sept. 19, 1882.

/% WITNESSES: I ,JNVENTOR MW a W;

ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK W. BBAI NERD, OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS.

WIRE-FENCE BARB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,436, datedSeptember 19, 1882,

Application filed July 19, 1882.

make and-use the same.

My invention is a wire-fence barb of the class used in combination witha two-strand fence-cable, and which are so formed as to hold the strandsof the cable together. It is clearly shown in the accompanying drawings,in which- Figure 1 is a top View of the barb attached to the cable; Fig.2, a bottom view of the same Fig. 3, a side view of the barb, showingends of cable-strands; andFig. 4, a side view of the barb from theopposite side to that shown in Fig. 3.

As shown in the drawings, thebarbis a short piece of wire, pointed atboth ends, wrapped once around the two strands of the cable, and havingone of its ends passed between the strands, bent over the wrap, passedagain through between the strands, and bent at right angles and in aplane at right angles to the cable, the two points of the finished barblying in the same plane, parallel to each other and in oppositedirections.

Referring to the drawings, the barb, begin- (No model.)

ning at the point D, is wrapped once aboutthe two strands A andB, beingbent at E around the strand B and at H around the strand A. It thenpasses between the strands, and is bent at F across the wrap alreadymade, passes again between the strands, and is bent at G at right anglesand brought into the same plane with the point D.

I am aware that numerous barbs which hold together the strands of atwo-strand cable are now in use, and I therefore ask no general claim onsuch a barb; but,

Havingdescribed my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s

.The combination, with a two-strand fence-cable, of a barb consisting ofa short piece of wire, pointed at both ends, wrapped once around bothstrands of the cable, and having one of its ends passed between thecable-strands, bent over the wrap, passed again between the strands, andbent at right angles and in aplane at right angles to the cable, thepoints of the barb lying in the same plane, parallel to each other andin opposite directions, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereofl havesigned thisspecificationin the presence of twosubscribing witnesses. 1

FRANK W. BBAINERD. Witnesses:

R0131. H. WILEs, T. D. WILOOXON.

